Vocabulary
Key People
short answer
100
secede
withdraw
200
fugitives
runaway enslaved people
200
Daniel Webster
supported Clays proposal, Massachusetts senator
300
propaganda
false or misleading information that spreads to further cause
300
john C. calhoun
south Carolina senator and was against the compromise
300
what is uncle toms cabin?
best seller book in the north that taught the north about slavery and its brutality.
400
popular sovereignty
meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues rather than having their elected rep decide
400
john brown
murdered 5 pro slavery men
400
what is the fugitive slave act?
it allowed people to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave.
500
harriet beecherstowe
author of uncle toms cabin
500
What is the compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state, and popular sovereignty would be used to decide the states.
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